Nowty Towers Vs UK Grid Storage

[nowty]

Some mighty panels on that shed!

If I waited another few months I could have got 530W for the same size and cheaper.
But the 505W ones are now on there for life, both the panels, the shed and mine.

[Stinsy]

Some mighty panels on that shed!

If I waited another few months I could have got 530W for the same size and cheaper.
But the 505W ones are now on there for life, both the panels, the shed and mine.

I've seen Bimble stock the mahoosive 600 and something Watt panels before, they'd have fitted my shed nicely 2200x1100(ish)mm on a 2.4x2.4m shed. However they didn't have them when I needed them!

[nowty]

A little snow on the south coast this morning, but tomorrow looks epic, at least as epic as you get this time of year.



Ripple wind farms are going to come out of slumber this weekend with storm Bert.
Looks set to give us a bit of everything.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/articles/cdrdpn5345xo

"Storm Bert will move in from the Atlantic during Saturday after undergoing explosive cyclogenesis. This is when the central pressure of the storm drops more than 24mb in 24 hours and which meteorologists also use the term "weather bomb" to describe."


Forecast for 6pm Saturday,

[Stinsy]

A little snow on the south coast this morning, but tomorrow looks epic, at least as epic as you get this time of year.



Ripple wind farms are going to come out of slumber this weekend with storm Bert.
Looks set to give us a bit of everything.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/articles/cdrdpn5345xo

"Storm Bert will move in from the Atlantic during Saturday after undergoing explosive cyclogenesis. This is when the central pressure of the storm drops more than 24mb in 24 hours and which meteorologists also use the term "weather bomb" to describe."


Forecast for 6pm Saturday,

Power Hour?

[nowty]

Dunno, but according to the Octopus, the weekend is super green.



But tomorrow (Friday) is looking super green at Nowty Towers,

[nowty]

Logged into my Octopus account today and found this in the "My Energy" section, the Octopus thinks I'm doing very well and wants my tips.


I don't think I'll be filling that survey in.

1) Game extra IOG cheap slots whenever you can.

2) Scam an IOG cheap slot during a power hour and get 3.7 times the benefit.

3) Minimise Power Hour baselines and maximise Saving Session baselines.

4) Import @7p then export @15p, rinse and repeat.

[Andy]

Logged into my Octopus account today and found this in the "My Energy" section, the Octopus thinks I'm doing very well and wants my tips.


I don't think I'll be filling that survey in.

1) Game extra IOG cheap slots whenever you can.

2) Scam an IOG cheap slot during a power hour and get 3.7 times the benefit.

3) Minimise Power Hour baselines and maximise Saving Session baselines.

4) Import @7p then export @15p, rinse and repeat.

I was going to say that Octopus must be reading all this anyway. But... this forum is not appearing in the first few pages of google searches

[Stinsy]

I was going to say that Octopus must be reading all this anyway. But... this forum is not appearing in the first few pages of google searches

I like the fact that we're below the radar a bit. We can be found if you scratch beneath the surface, but we're not front and centre!

[nowty]

Todays job is swapping out two single radiators for slightly taller double ones, one of the jobs on the long term to do list to help with the heatpump. The job will probably never pay for itself but it will relieve the constant niggling in my head.

Usually these jobs come with a lot of swearing, but they were surprisingly easy to do. The hardest job was measuring out the 200ml of extra Sentinal X100 inhibitor to add because of the partial drain down and refill. The drained off liquid was still clear as a whistle.

Its been so long since I'd replaced all the radiators I forgot that you need an additional valve body to help unscrew and screw in one of the connectors into the radiator. Luckily I already had one for this purpose but it flummoxed me for a while.

All in operational service again by lunchtime.

[AE-NMidlands]

Its been so long since I'd replaced all the radiators I forgot that you need an additional valve body to help unscrew and screw in one of the connectors into the radiator. Luckily I already had one for this purpose but it flummoxed me for a while.

When Iast did radiators the valve tails (?) had a big internal hex shape and the "special tool" had a square driver at the other end for screwing in the cast Iron or brass plugs for the tops.
Recovering the scrap fittings out of old rads sometimes needed a big hex spanner around the tool, like a tommy bar... https://plumbingsuppliesdirect.co.uk/mo ... -spanners/